mo4ch:>India moves to revoke Kashmir autonomy amid clampdown on local authorities | Mo4ch News

New Delhi has declared it is revoking a decades-old constitutional provision that granted special powers to the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir. The announcement comes amid a security clampdown in the region.Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), as the part of the disputed Kashmir administrated by India is officially called, was granted special privileges under the Indian constitution in the 1950s. It was allowed to have its own state constitution, legislative and executive power over most of its affairs, and enjoyed greater autonomy than regular states of India. Only locals were allowed to own property in the region or hold offices in its government.Starting Monday, this will no longer be the case, the federal government in New Delhi announced. A resolution to revoke Kashmir’s special status was introduced on Monday by Home Minister Amit Shah and later enshrined in a decree signed by President Ram Nath Kovind, the ceremonial head of India.New Delhi’s plan also involves splitting the region …